Bill Text: NY S06668 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the board of standards and appeals and the city planning commission in the city of New York to mail a copy of each application for and appeal of a variance to the city council member, borough president and state legislators for the affected land.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06668 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S06668-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6668
I N S E N A T E
March 8, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring the
board of standards and appeals of the city of New York to provide a
copy of each application for a variance or special permit to the
member of the state assembly and the state senator in whose districts
the land, to which the application relates, is located
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a, and subdivisions b and c of
2 section 668 of the New York city charter, paragraph 1 of subdivision a
3 and subdivision b as amended by local law number 102 of the city of New
4 York for the year 1977, and subdivision c as amended by a vote of the
5 people of the city of New York at the general election held in November
6 1989, are amended to read as follows:
7 1. Each proposal or application shall be filed with the board of stan-
8 dards and appeals, which shall forward a copy within five days to the
9 community board for each community district in which the land involved,
10 or any part thereof, is located, and to the borough board if the
11 proposal or application involves land located in two or more districts
12 in a borough; AND SHALL DELIVER, WITHIN FIVE DAYS, A COPY THEREOF TO
13 EACH MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND EACH STATE SENATOR IN WHOSE
14 DISTRICT THE LAND INVOLVED IS LOCATED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE
15 STATE LAW.
16 b. The recommendation of a community board or borough board pursuant
17 to subdivision a of this section shall be filed with the board of stand-
18 ards and appeals and [a copy] COPIES sent to the city planning commis-
19 sion, AND TO EACH MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND EACH STATE SENATOR IN
20 WHOSE DISTRICT THE LAND INVOLVED IS LOCATED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF
21 THE STATE LAW. The board of standards and appeals shall conduct a public
22 hearing and act on the proposed application. A decision of the board
23 shall indicate whether each of the specific requirements of the zoning
24 resolution for the granting of variances has been met and shall include
25 findings of fact with regard to each such requirement.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14744-01-2
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1 c. Copies of a decision of the board of standards and appeals and
2 copies of any recommendation of the affected community board or borough
3 board shall be filed with the city planning commission. Copies of the
4 decision shall also be filed with the affected community or borough
5 boards. IN ADDITION, COPIES OF THE DECISION SHALL BE SENT TO EACH
6 MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND EACH STATE SENATOR IN WHOSE DISTRICT
7 THE LAND INVOLVED IS LOCATED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE STATE LAW.
8 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
9 have become a law, and shall apply to proposals and applications filed
10 with the board of standards and appeals on or after such date.
